PAGE TWO THE DAILY COLLEGIAN "For A Better Penn State" Ditablished 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian, established 1904. and the Free Lance, established 1887. Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania stab• College. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934 ut thi. Poet-office at State College. Pa.. under the uct of March 8, 1879. Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr. Boss Lehman '42 James McCaughey '42 Elfilarial and Business Office Sl3 Old Main 11Idg. Thane 711 Women's Elitor—Jeanne C. Stiles '42: Managing Editor— John A. Hoer '42: Sports Editor—A. Pat Nagelberg '42; Feature Filitor—William J. McKnight '42; News Editor— Etaoley J. PoKempner '42; Women's Feature Editor—Alice M. Murray '42; Women's Sports Editor—R. Helen Gordon '42. Credit Manager—Paul DI. Goldberg '42; Ckulation Man tiger—Thomas W. Allison '42: Women's Business Manager-- Margaret L. Embury '42; Office Secretary—Virginia Ogden '42; Assistant Office Secretary—Fay E. Reese '42. . Junior Editorial Board—Gordon L. Coy. Donald W. Davis, Dom:nick L. Golab, James D. Olkein, David Samuels. Robert B. Schooley. Richard S. Stebbins, Samuel L. Stroh. Nicholas W. Vozzy, Herbert J. Zukauskas, Emily L. Funk. Louise N. Vuo. , s, Edith L. Smith, Kathryn M. Popp. Junior Business Board—Leonard E. Bach, Roy E. Barclay, Robert E. Edgerly, Phillip Jaffe, Frances A. Leiby. John E McG , ol, Sara L. Miller, Katherine E. Schott. Marjorie L. Moriiir.ing Editor This Issue_ New, Editor This Issue_____ Women's Editor This. Issue . Gra,luate Counselor Friday Morning, May 2. 1941 Raffling At Hat Society Initiations Ils ifill An Unsolved Problem Two months ago Blue Key, junior honor society, voted to drop paddling from its initiation cere mony. Presidents of three of the four other hat societies publicly disapproved of paddling and promised that their groups would also consider its elimination. But nothing has been done. Skull and Bones held its initiation Wednesday and Parmi Nous last right. Paddling was still the most prominent part of both ceremonies. Thirty-three campus...leaders were forced to submit to what practically amounts to physical torture. If present plans are not changed, the two sophomore hat societies—Druids and Friars— will follow suit. Blue Key will be the only or ganization to show any respect for the student leaders its professes to honor. No valid excuse has ever been found for pad dling. The best reason the societies can offer is, 'We got paddled. The new members aren't any better• than we are and we're going to paddle them." Another reason they give is that it hum bles the new men, makes them a little less cocky. Instead of humbling the new men, paddling ac tually breeds resentment and more than a few sore spots. A good part of a typical hat society initia tion consists of burly athletes taking turns hitting quivering initiates as hard as- possible. That is a painful. memory for new members of Skull and Bones and Parmi Nous and something which pros pective members of Druids and Friars can look forward to. - It is too late for anything to be done to change the ceremonies of the two sophomore societies in time for their coming initiations. The present members have refused to pass up the chance to mete out the same undeserved punishment which they received last year. - Any change for the better is now solely in the hands of the men just initiated into Skull and Bones and Parmi Nous and those who will soon become members of Druids and Friars. It might be wise for them to act while the memories of their own initiations are still with them. Draft News Is Bad News It won't be good news to a good many students, but by this time next year about 600 of the 5,000 graduate and undergraduate male students on the campus will be in the Army. At legst, that's the best estimate that can be made at present. It con siders all available information, including student order numbers, classifications, and chances for deferment. Three hundred students will probably be call ed in the draft this summer and another 300 during the next college year. It should be re membered, however, that these are very rough estimates. Each group of 300 students can be subdivided according to classes as follows: Class Senior ... Junior ... Sophomore Freshman .. Graduate .. Special .... Two-year agriculture j, Downtown Office It 3-421 South Frazier St Night Phone 4372 _Robert E. Schooley '43 Samuel Stroh '4:: . __Edith L. Smith '43 Louis IL Bell -J.A.B Probable number drafted 119 62 42 The Professor's Viewpoint I Formerly faculty members. had little chance to express their opinions to Penn State students an campus, vocational. and pot pourri topics. Every Friday. The Daily Collegian will publish an informal column by a Penn State professor who will discuss any topic he pleases.) By ROBERT E. GALBRAITH For Seniors Only Although the thought of the approaching gradu ation of another class from Penn State is some what responsible for these remarks, they are more precisely prompted by two recent volumes con cerning alumni, "H. M. Pulham, Esquire," by John P. Marquand, and "The Gang's All Here," by Har vey Smith. Both books are written around the theme of the 25th reunion; the former at Harvard, the latter at Princeton. Since the authors have been closely ossociated not only with their respective universi ties, but with men of their own and other classes, they know whereof they write, and neither spares the vitriol in portraying his subjects. The revela tions of the members of the class are not written in either' spite or envy, nor are all the figures pre sented without some redeeming features. Since the characters involved are of about the ages of the fathers of the present seniors, readers will not have too difficult a time understanding them as College Graduates Are Alike Despite the basic differences between Penn State and the universities mentioned, as well as the differences in time, readers will agree that col lege graduates are much the same the country over, and that every graduating class has its'quota c.f all the types and personalities included in these books. None of the graduates of twenty*-five years ago knew - where or what he would be today, coy more than this year's seniors can foretell what the next quarter century will bring. Some will be finer, some will be otherwise; the poor may be come rich; . the rich, poor. The geniuses may fail to arrive, while the dull ards may reach success. The liberals may find themselves complacent conservatives; whereas the present reactionaries may become firebrands for a new order. Those who vision themselves in a white suburban cottage with all the trimmings may get bored with their holdings, and those who never achieve such comfort will always keep their illusions concerning these luxuries. Some Will Come Back As loyal alumni, everyone will start with a membership and good intentions. Reunions will bring the members in varying numbers. The suc cessful ones will come back to prove their merits; the unsuccessful will be absent unless they return to locate a job. • Please leave your papers on the desk. and wait until you get out in the hall before you light your cigarettes. fter The 17 49 4', THE DAILY COLLEGIAN PROM Ifs The CORNER UNUSUAL '4l-'42 Alternate Counselors Listed Alteimate student counselors for - next year were selected by the PSCA counselor committee and announced yesterday by Walter N. Shambach '42, chair man. Listed in schools, the coun selors follow. AGRICULTURE— Thomas F. Becker '43, James P: Bressler '42, Jesse G. Cooper '42, Harold F. Doran '42, George W. Ferguson '42, Warren H. Hazen '42, Fred Rasmussen Jr. '42. CHEMISTRY-PHYSICS— Ro bert A. Matteson '42, Norman Weisberger '43, David A. Young' '49. EDUCATION—CIem P. Henrie '42, Carl T. Rentschler '42, Rich ard N. Stevenson '42. ENGINEERING— Richard V. Grimes '42, Robert _E. McCord '42, David R. Sharp '43, Howard W. Smith '43, Jack R. Stauffer '42, Thomas C. Young '42. LIBERAL ARTS John A. Baer '42, Patrick J. Boner '43, Howard H. Earl '42, William E. Harkins '42, Raymond F. Leffler '42, Joseph T. Reichwein '42.- M INER AL INDUSTRIES—: George E. Trimble '42. . PH YS t CAL EDUCATION— Clair L. Hess '42. •• • • ••: ;:ai'aa:•::. .F .K.': : :...k : . i ... : ...:.;:........ ..,. ...' ..-". .ice::a